Fertiliser plant explosion in US town leaves as many as 100 injured

An
explosion has ripped through a fertilizer plant in the US town of West
sending a massive fireball into the sky and leaving scores of people
injured.

However, initial reports suggest that there is no evidence of an act of terror in the incident.

A
Fire Department official at West in Texas said that the explosion took
place last night at a fertilizer plant in the community north of Waco.
Department of Public Safety troopers have been transporting the
injured to hospitals in their patrol cars.

There
are reports of serious damage and as many as 100 people injured. The
West Fertilizer Plant is located about 32 kilometres north of Waco.

On
Monday, during the polpular Boston Marathon, bomb blasts ripped
through a cheering crowd, killed three people and injuring more than
180.